On any given morning, I will have at least one kid who doesn’t know what to eat for breakfast. This doesn't seem like such a big deal to most, but it just gets the day off on the wrong foot, for me (and naturally, the kid-in-question). When I originally started writing this post, it was going to focus on the struggle that most kids on the autism spectrum have, but as I got further in, and spoke ... Read More about 5 Things My kids Wouldn’t Eat This Morning
5 Delicious Gluten-Free Desserts
I’ve been eating a gluten-free diet for almost a year now, due to autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis). It has helped me tremendously, but I love food and baked goods, so I’ve been on a mission to try and replicate some of my favourites using gluten-free flour mixes during the year. This is the first Pesach (Passover) that I am facing baking gluten-free desserts, and guess what? ... Read More about 5 Delicious Gluten-Free Desserts
Nurturing Your Most Important Friendship
Marriage is hard. There are days that feel like it's your safest, happiest place, and others where you want to throw your partner out the nearest window. We live in a disposable society. When things get hard, people often give up. (I'm not talking about relationships that have serious issues - that's a post for another day.) People will often give up because they feel that it's not ... Read More about Nurturing Your Most Important Friendship
Catching a Moment
I was recently at a wedding of my friend's daughter. As part of the procession, one of the flower girls was a young girl with special needs. Her needs are clearly more visible than those of my kids, but as I watched the little girl work her way down the aisle, a moment passed between her parents. Catching a moment A moment of pride. A moment of pleasure. A moment that they may ... Read More about Catching a Moment
Taking Care of Me
A few months ago, I went to see my doctor. After months of not feeling well, shortness of breath, coughing, exhaustion,… she wrote me a note, insisting that I take a week off of work. Go completely off the grid for a full week. I looked at her and broke down crying. I had no idea how I would manage to rearrange my responsibilities, and take the time off. She scared the living shit out of me. Most ... Read More about Taking Care of Me
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